They can't hold you for a murder eighty-five million years old. The statute of limitations, you know.

— (Wendell Holmes)

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7 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.

You can hear this line at 00:21:59 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Now get up! And I'll be glad to finish ya off!

- You won't finish anybody off. All right, put your hands up. Both of you.

- Put that gun away! Don't be an idiot!

- I won't let anybody do that to me.

- You can't get away with murder.

- Why not? Won't be much left of you after you're hit with a six hundred explosive shell. Nobody could prove anything.

- They can't hold you for a murder eighty-five million years old. The statute of limitations, you know.

(RAJA HITS JAMES IN HEAD WITH A ROCK)

- Nice work, Raja old chap!

- Yes. Cretaceous rock. Doesn't quite have the balance of a cricket ball, but... it's a bit harder, what?

- Well, suppose we tie this chap up and take him back to camp.

[...]

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